Callipia wojtusiaki septentrionalis, Brehm, 2018

Brehm, Gunnar, 2018, Revision of the genus Callipia Guenée, 1858 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), with the description of 15 new taxa, European Journal of Taxonomy 404, pp. 1-54 : 41-42

Callipia wojtusiaki septentrionalis subsp. nov .

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Figs 98–99 , 104–105

BIN (holotype): BOLD:ACF3549.

Diagnosis

Callipia wojtusiaki septentrionalis subsp. nov . can reliably be separated from the nominate form by the geographical distribution and DNA barcoding only. The uncus of C. milleri sp. nov. tends to be narrower than in the more spatula-shaped uncus of C. wojtusiaki sp. nov. COI-barcode: the minimum observed distance to the nominate species is 0.8%, and the minimum observed distance to C.milleri sp. nov. is 1.0%.

Etymology

This subspecies of C. wojtusiaki sp. nov. is distributed in the northern part of the species’ range and thus named septentrionalis from Latin, meaning ‘northern’.

Type material

Holotype ( Figs 98 , 104 ) ECUADOR: ♂, Napo, South slopes of Cerro Sumaco , wet cloud / moss forest, 0.559° S, 77.626° W, 2950 m, 18 Nov. 1995, Jan Hillman leg. ( CMNH) ( C-0012 with GS, COI sequence 658 bp, BIN).

Paratypes

ECUADOR: 1 ♂, collection data as for holotype, but cloud forest, landslide, 0.600° S, 77.483° W, 2400 m, 4 Jul. [19]94 (CMNH) ( C-0016 with GS-282, COI sequence 658 bp, BIN); 2 ♂♂, Napo, SE slope Reventador, subparamo at treeline , 0.085° S, 77.655° W, 3200 m, 6 Jul. 1994, Jan Hillman leg. ( CMNH) ( C-0013 with GS-414, COI sequence 658 bp, BIN, Figs 99 , 105 ; C-0365 ); 1 ♂, Napo, El Salado , 78 km (road) E of Papallacta, 1310 m, 17 Jan. 1986, McKamey and Osborne leg. ( AMNH) ( C- 0 362 , COI sequence 658 bp, BIN); 1 ♂, Napo, R[ou]te Cosanga–Tena, km 10 , 2230 m, 15 Nov. 1983, C. Lemaire and N. Venedictoff leg. ( ZSM) ( C-0363 with GS-306, COI sequence 307 bp); 1 ♂, Sucumbios, El Calvario, 0.060° N, 77.483° W, 2800 m, 7 Aug. 1996, G. Onore, E. Tapia and F. Salazar leg. ( CMNH) ( C-0015 , COI sequence 550 bp, BIN); 1 ♂, [Napo?], Route Baeza-Lumbaqui, at Puente Azuela , 1530 m, 6–7 Feb. 1975, C. Herbulot leg. ( ZSM) ( C-0364 with GS-106, COI sequence 307 bp).

Other material examined

ECUADOR: 1 ♂, Carchi, Chical , [0.933° N, 78.183° W], 1250 m ( CMNH) ( C-0367 ); 1 ♂, Napo, Rio Pucuno , 42 km SE of Baeza on road to Loreto, 0.708° S, 77.598° W, 1045 m ( AMNH) ( C-0164 ); 2 ♂♂, Napo, Cordillera Huacamayos, Rio Cedroyacu , 0.887° S, 78.077° W, 2100 m ( CMNH, RCGB) ( C-0009; 0368 ); 1 ♂, Napo, Cordillera Huacamayos, Estero Chico , 2650 m ( CMNH) ( C-0369 ); 2 ♂♂, [Napo], Tena, 450 m [doubtful locality / elevation] ( ZSM) ( C-0358; 0359 ).

Description

Male as illustrated. Female unknown.

Distribution

Paratypes are exclusively from north eastern Ecuador, but further study of specimens from north western Ecuador is required.

Figures

Figs 94–101. Adult moths (a = dorsal view; b = ventral view). 94. Callipia sihvoneni sp. nov., ♂, holotype(C-0418,COIdata).95.C.sihvonenisp.nov.,♀,paratype(C-0396,COIdata).96.C.wojtusiaki wojtusiaki sp. nov., ♂, holotype (C-0046, COI data). 97. C. wojtusiaki wojtusiaki sp. nov., ♀, paratype (C-0040, COI data). 98. C.wojtusiaki septentrionalis subsp. nov., ♂, holotype (C-0012, COI data). 99.C.wojtusiaki septentrionalissubsp.nov.,♂,paratype(C-0013,COIdata).100.C.milleri sp.nov.,♂, holotype (C-0370, COI data). 101. C.milleri sp. nov., ♂, paratype (C-0008, COI data).

Figs 102–107. Male genitalia (left = valves; right = aedeagus). 102. Callipia sihvoneni sp. nov., ♂, holotype (C-0418, COI data). 103. C. wojtusiaki wojtusiaki sp. nov., ♂, holotype (C-0046, COI data). 104. C.wojtusiaki septentrionalis subsp. nov., ♂, holotype (C-0012, COI data). 105. C. wojtusiaki septentrionalis subsp. nov., ♂, paratype (C-0013, COI data). 106. C.milleri sp. nov., ♂, holotype (C- 0370, COI data). 107. C.milleri sp. nov., ♂, paratype (C-0008, COI data).